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FOR PRESS PM. N o. 68. 19 68
VISIT THE PRESIDENT OF KOREA
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr John Corton
It gives me great pleasure to announce that
President Park Chung Hee of Korea accompanied by Madame Park,
will make a State Visit to Australia later this year,
The President and his wife are expected to arrive
in Canberra on Monday, 16 September and to leave from Sydney on
Thursday, 19 September. President and Madame Park"-will be very welcome
visitors and I am sure that they will be warmly greeted by the
Austraian people. Not on~ y nave Australia and the Republic of Korea
been united in a commnon effort to preserve tie independence of the
Republic of Korea under the auspices of the United Nations, but both
countries have forces fighting in Viet Nam to preserve the freedom
and sovereignty of the Vietnamese people.
CANBERRA, 1 July 1968
Gorton, John
Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
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